Tag: Bob Luke

  • Author Talk and Book Signing: Bob Luke National Portrait Gallery Bookstore Eighth and F Streets NW Washington, D.C. 2011-10-19, 18:00-19:00 EDT (Local Time) Bob Luke discusses and signs copies of The Most Famous Woman in Baseball: Effa Manley and the Negro Leagues. Manley’s life played out against the backdrop of the Jim Crow years, when…

  • The Most Famous Woman in Baseball: Effa Manley and the Negro Leagues Potomac Books, Inc. March 2011 256 pages 26 b&w Images; Notes; Suggested Reading; Appendix; Index 6″ x 9″ Cloth ISBN: 978-1-59797-546-9 Bob Luke Never one to mince words, Effa Manley once wrote a letter to sportswriter Art Carter, saying that she hoped they…